World Fibre & India Trends in Demand and Supply 2008

The "World India - Trends in Demand and Supply" is the Fourth compendium from YarnsandFibers presenting the demand and supply trends in manmade fiber industry.

In this Report we have assesses the impact of the expiry of the MFA and ATC and the scenario post-WTO in global manmade fibre/filament industry and natural fibres, particularly cotton, and how each country prepared and positioned itself in the global market. The analysis assesses the positions of fi-bres/filaments industry and their producers and consumers as events unfolded. Like in case of MFA, the period under consideration is pre-1995, for ATC it is 1995 to 2004 and post-WTO it is 2005 to 2007.

The purpose of this compendium is to serve as a basic information infrastructure for textile companies and to all those who are related to fibres and yarns industry. The compendium will also serve as a ready to use reference and the presentation help easy and quick consumption of the information.

The Report is divided into two sections: Global View and Country View.

It begins with summarising the events and the Principles Guiding World Trade.

India is the second largest producer of polyester filament, polyester staple, viscose filament and cotton in the World only after China. It is third largest producer of viscose filament and eighth largest acrylic staple fibre producer.

Ranking in consumption, India is second polyester filament, viscose filament and cotton. Ranked third ranked in polyester staple fibre and viscose staple and fifth in acrylic staple. India is not a major player in nylon.

In global perspective, India accounts for 7% of World's manmade fibre/filament output with production volume of 2.72 million tons. In case of cotton, India produces 20% of global cotton. Thus, India is seen as a major supplier of cotton. During the ATC period (1995-2004), production of manmade fibres and yarns increased at a rate of 9% per annum. Polyester production, both staple fibre and filament yarn, grew at a whopping rate of 12-13% per annum. However, the growth slowed down in post-WTO period to 8% in overall and 10% in case of polyester. In case of acrylic staple fibre, India's production growth during 1995 to 2004 was 4% per annum, but has been declining since then.

India is a major exporter of cotton and viscose filament yarn, ranking second after China in VFY and after USA in cotton. It has overtaken USA in cotton production in 2007, ranking second in the World. It exported 1.5 million tons of cotton and 414,000 tons of manmade fibre including 350,000 tons of po-lyester.